Director
Katherine A. Skinner
Assistant Professor
Dr. Katherine A. Skinner is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Robotics at the University of Michigan. She holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Prior to this appointment, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology. She received an M.S. and Ph.D. from the Robotics Institute at the University of Michigan, and a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a Certificate in Applications of Computing from Princeton University.
Email: kskin (at) umich (dot) edu
Team Members
Current PhD Students
Advaith Sethuraman
PhD Candidate, Robotics
Email: advaiths (at) umich (dot) edu
Yiting Zhang
PhD Candidate, Robotics
Email: yizhang (at) umich (dot) edu
Pou-Chun (Frank) Kung
PhD Candidate, Robotics
Email: pckung (at) umich (dot) edu
Seth Isaacson
PhD Candidate, Robotics
Email: sethgi (at) umich (dot) edu
Current Postdocs
Elena Shrestha
Postdoc
Email: eshresco (at) umich (dot) edu
Current MS Students
Razan Andigani
MS Student, Robotics
Email: andigani (at) umich (dot) edu
Current Undergraduate Students
Sabrina Lin
BS Student, Computer Science
Email: lsabrina (at) umich (dot) edu
Max Rucker
BS Student, Robotics
Email: mruck (at) umich (dot) edu
Former Students
João Felipe Costa Casares, MSE Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, Graduate Research Assistant
Chelsea Sun, BSE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, NA 490 Directed Study
Allison Du, BSE Computer Science, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
Devin Kilbourn, MSE Robotics, ROB 590 Directed Study
Yiming Luo, MSE Electrical and Computer Engineering, ROB 590 Directed Study
Carissa Bush, MSE Robotics, ROB 590 Directed Study
Wuao Liu, MSE Robotics, ROB 590 Directed Study
Yuliang Zhu, MSE Mechanical Engineering & Electrical and Computer Engineering, Graduate Research Assistant
Yiting Zhang, MSE Mechanical Engineering, ROB 590 Directed Study
Cigdem Kokenoz, MSE Robotics, ROB 590 Directed Study
Sean Hickey, BSE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jason Brown, BS Aerospace, Undergraduate Research Assistant